Right Path

Q: How does one know that they are on the right path?

A: They are calm and at peace even when there is chaos around them.  

Reflection

 

Note to Self

 Do more of what makes you happy!

#explore #explorations #hiking #earlymornings #nature #newplaces #travel

Choices

One key piece of information that I had probably not understood very well to articulate some time back came to me today, as usual, when I was not looking for it. I have often thought about macro level and micro level choices. See Bandersnatch.

In my quest to understand "prarabdh" and "a man is owner of his destiny" I would fail to grasp what choices could change the destiny and what choices cannot change anything. I think the answer lies in two layers. The choice is made by a man in the moment who is the sum total of everything before him. At any given time he is hurtling towards his destiny as if gravitated by fate. Yet if in a moment, he can detach himself from the whole history and geography of things and decide to do something that is on its own merit the right thing to do, he can alter the outcome. In that moment, he may still be pulled by his destiny but he'd have altered his karma. Every time he does this little tweak in his pathway, he can make his own path a little easier and the outcome at the end of the journey is pleasantly pleasant. 

He may still be sitting in a crowded subway but he can be at peace and eating an ice cream. 

This was the New Year realization. May 2021 be filled with multiple tweaks in the right direction.